Injury accidents

By the Midland Daily News

Published 4:42 am, Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The following personal injury accidents recently were reported to local law enforcement agencies:

Saturday, April 16

* 2:20 a.m. -- North Jefferson Road and East Hubbard Road -- Driver Vanessa Rennee Kuske, 21, Midland, was hurt when she lost control of her vehicle and it crossed the centerline, went into a ditch where it struck an embankment, went over a driveway and came to rest. No information about Kuske was available from the MidMichigan Medical Center. The report states she fell asleep while driving.

* 2:28 a.m. -- North Waldo Road near East Monroe Road -- Driver Tyrell Jacob Turnbull, 22, Midland, was hurt when he swerved to miss a deer and the vehicle went off the road, striking a mailbox before overturning in a ditch. Turnbull was treated and released.

* 11:48 a.m. -- Jefferson Avenue near West Sugnet Road -- Driver Shayne Derek Miley, 38, Midland, was hurt when three vehicles collided. He did not seek treatment. The other two drivers, Michelle Cyree Dale, 33, and Destiny Lynne Holguin, 22, both of Midland, were not hurt. Dale was ticketed for careless driving.

* 3:39 p.m. -- 1606 Iowa Street -- Pedestrians Oleta Ann Stickley, 81, and Tonya Marie Moore, 17, both of Midland, were hurt when they were struck by the open door of a vehicle that was being backed down the driveway. The vehicle continued down the driveway, struck the mailbox, crossed the street and came to rest in the outlawn directly across from the home. Stickley and Moore were treated and released. The driver, Tara Lynn Moore, 17, Midland, was not hurt.

* 9:56 p.m. -- Bay City Road near Rockwell Drive -- Driver Abbie Gail Finney, 40, Midland, and the passenger in another vehicle, Christopher Allan Grimes, 41, Coloma, were hurt when two vehicles collided. They were treated and released. Two passengers in Finney's vehicle were not hurt, nor was the driver of second vehicle, Tamara Sue Gandy Chew, 43, Midland. The accident is being investigated. Finney was ticketed for driving without insurance.

Wednesday, April 13

* 10:12 p.m. -- Eastman Avenue and North Saginaw Road -- Driver Elizabeth Ann Thompson, 24, Midland, was hurt when two vehicles collided. The force of the collision caused the other vehicle to overturn. Thompson did not seek treatment. The other driver, Robert Lee Snyder, 58, Midland, was not hurt. Snyder was ticketed for failing to yield the right of way.

Tuesday, April 12

* 6:41 a.m. -- Perrine Road and North Saginaw Road -- Bicyclist Joel Brandon Mills, 15, Midland, was hurt when he was crossing Perrine Road in the cross walk while the "walk" signal was activated and was struck by a vehicle that did not stop for a red light. Mills was treated and released. The driver of the vehicle, a black Pontiac Grand Prix, did not stop. The driver is described as a young white man with short blond hair.

* 8:39 p.m. -- 3115 Isabella Street -- Markus Duane Morr, 57, Midland, was hurt when he was pushing a parked vehicle backward from a parking spot while steering from the front seat, and his leg was pinned between the car body and open door by another vehicle. He did not seek treatment. The driver of the second vehicle, Heather Lynn Bartlett, 39, Midland, was attempting to block the vehicle Morr was pushing. Bartlett was not hurt.